"Velcro" meaning in English

See Velcro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Velcro.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|velours|crochet|lang1=fr|lang2=fr|t1=velvet|t2=hook}} Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} Velcro
  1. A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart. Categories (topical): Fasteners Synonyms: hook-and-loop fastener Derived forms: Velcro dog Translations (fastener): kleefstrook (Afrikaans), فِيلْكْرُو (fīlkrū) [masculine] (Arabic), Велкро (Velkro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 魔術貼 (Chinese Cantonese), 魔术贴 (mo¹ seot⁶ tip³) (Chinese Cantonese), 魔術貼 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔术贴 (móshù tiē) (Chinese Mandarin), suchý zip [masculine] (Czech), velcro (Dutch), klittenband (Dutch), lapo (Esperanto), lapfermilo (Esperanto), krõps (Estonian), krõpsud [plural] (Estonian), tarranauha (Finnish), velcro [masculine] (French), Klettverschluss (english: two strips collectively, the mechanism) [masculine] (German), Klettband (english: each of the two strips) [neuter] (German), צַמְדָּן (tsamdán) (Hebrew), वेल्क्रो (velkro) (Hindi), tépőzár (Hungarian), franskur rennilás (Icelandic), velcro (Interlingua), velcro (Italian), ベルク (beruku) (Japanese), 面ファスナー (men-fasunā) (Japanese), ベルクロ (berukuro) (Japanese), 벨크로 (belkeuro) (Korean), papanga piripiri (Maori), borrelås [masculine] (Norwegian), rzep (Polish), velcro [masculine] (Portuguese), arici [masculine] (Romanian), scai [masculine] (Romanian), липу́чка (lipúčka) [feminine] (Russian), липу́чки (lipúčki) [feminine, plural, usually] (Russian), застёжка-липу́чка (zastjóžka-lipúčka) [feminine] (Russian), чичак трака (Serbo-Croatian), čičak traka (Serbo-Croatian), velcro (Spanish), kardborreband [neuter] (Swedish), cırt (Turkish), cırtcırt (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Velcro-en-name-2G7vm~hR Disambiguation of Fasteners: 53 47 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 77 23

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Velcro.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Velcros [present, singular, third-person], Velcroing [participle, present], Velcroed [participle, past], Velcroed [past]
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|velours|crochet|lang1=fr|lang2=fr|t1=velvet|t2=hook}} Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Velcro (third-person singular simple present Velcros, present participle Velcroing, simple past and past participle Velcroed)
  1. To fasten with Velcro. Categories (topical): Fasteners Translations (to fasten with velcro): kiinnittää tarranauhalla (Finnish), velcroter (French), cırtcırtlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Velcro-en-verb-2OZJgpt5 Disambiguation of Fasteners: 53 47 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "mo¹ seot⁶ tip³",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "魔术贴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "魔術貼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "móshù tiē",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "魔术贴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suchý zip"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "klittenband"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "lapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "lapfermilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "krõps"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krõpsud"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "tarranauha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "two strips collectively, the mechanism",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klettverschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "each of the two strips",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klettband"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsamdán",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "צַמְדָּן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "velkro",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "वेल्क्रो"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "tépőzár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "franskur rennilás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "beruku",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "ベルク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "men-fasunā",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "面ファスナー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "berukuro",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "ベルクロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "belkeuro",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "벨크로"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "papanga piripiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "borrelås"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "rzep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arici"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lipúčka",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "липу́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lipúčki",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "липу́чки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastjóžka-lipúčka",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "застёжка-липу́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "чичак трака"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "čičak traka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "velcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kardborreband"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "cırt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fastener",
      "word": "cırtcırt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hook and loop fastener"
  ],
  "word": "Velcro"
}

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        {
          "ref": "1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here, Dutton, page 8",
          "text": "He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil, Little, Brown and Company, page 58",
          "text": "He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sean Murphy, The Time of New Weather, page 8",
          "text": "Toasters and microwaves were Velcroed to kitchen counters. Televisions and VCRs were Velcroed to their stands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, Simon and Schuster, page 28",
          "text": "Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.",
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        }
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        "To fasten with Velcro."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fasten with velcro",
      "word": "kiinnittää tarranauhalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fasten with velcro",
      "word": "velcroter"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to fasten with velcro",
      "word": "cırtcırtlamak"
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    "Hook and loop fastener"
  ],
  "word": "Velcro"
}

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